03 Jan 2011
By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Sermon
Sermon: Holy Name of Jesus
Reflections, including Dom Prosper Gueranger’s teachings and Cornelius a Lapide’s meditations.… Read the rest
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07 Aug 2010
By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Meditations
This gospel presents to us two remarkable facts: first, a miraculous cure worked by Jesus Christ; second, a beautiful eulogium on the Savior pronounced by the witnesses of the miracle. From the meditation on these two facts we will deduce the resolution: first, every day to lend a docile ear to grace, and to watch over our tongue carefully that we may not sin in our words; second, to apply ourselves to…
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29 Jul 2010
By Colleen Hammond, in Meditations
Meditation for the Morning
Let us adore Jesus Christ in the visits which He made during His life. He made very few, and He made them in a very holy manner, that He might merit for us the grace of sanctifying ours and of avoiding the dangers to be met with in them. What advantage for us to find in the actions of a God a pattern for our actions and also a grace to enable us to perform them aright! May our hearts be poured forth in praise and thanks at the feet of our divine Savior.
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26 Jul 2010
By Colleen Hammond, in Meditations
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Meditation for the Morning
Let us adore Our Lord Jesus Christ taking His repasts during His mortal life. He submitted Himself to eat and to drink like the rest of mankind; but in what a holy manner He did it! How He raised the meanness of the action by the beautiful virtues which He practiced in regard to it! It … Read the rest
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